Julia Elizabeth WARD10,1,2,11,3,12,13,7,8,14,14

also known as Julia Elizabeth JENKINS4,7

17th Sep 18579 - 30th Nov 19362,5,6,7

Life History

17th Sep 1857	Born in Carroll County, Georgia.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 (most likely)
2nd Sep 1875	Married John Cullen JENKINS in Cass County, Texas.39,11,3
31st Oct 1878	Birth of son Ira Lotus JENKINS in Naples, Morris, Texas.15,16,17,18,13,4,19,20,7,14,2
1880	Resident in Precinct 3, Cass, Texas, United States.4
3rd Mar 1881	Birth of son John Stewart JENKINS in Cass County, Texas.22,2,9,21
13th Apr 1883	Birth of son John Cullen JENKINS in Cass County, Texas.13,23,24,25,26,15,20,2,27
13th Oct 1885	Birth of son Ebby Elijah JENKINS in Cass County, Texas.28,29,30,31,32,33,13,34,7,2,14
Apr 1888	Birth of daughter Ethel O JENKINS in Cass County, Texas.36,35,13
Mar 1891	Birth of daughter Clarice E JENKINS in Cass County, Texas.13,2,38
22nd Feb 1892	Death of John Cullen JENKINS in Dalton, Cass, Texas.39,3,40,41
1915	Death of daughter Clarice E JENKINS in Cass County, Texas.2,37
19th Dec 1918	Death of son John Stewart JENKINS in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.2,21
after 1920	Death of daughter Ethel O JENKINS in Cass County, Texas.35
30th Nov 1936	Died in Cass County, Texas.2,5,6,7 Influenza, Rheumatism, Complicating Factor Senility
1st Dec 1936	Buried in Dalton Cemetery, Dalton, Cass County, Texas.2,5,7

Other facts

Born in Alabama.9

Notes

1860 Federal Census, Carroll County, Georgia, 28 June, PO (?) Hill, District 11, page 2, Hse/Fam #11
James B Ward 35 M Farmer $200 Real Estate $0 Personal Rptd born Georgia [b abt 1825]
Bethiah Ward 28 F born S C [b abt 1832]
Obediah Ward 11 M born Georgia [b abt 1849]
Wm Ward 9 M born Georgia [b abt 1851]
T Ward 8 F born Georgia [b abt 1852]
Charley Ward 5 M born Georgia [b abt 1855]
Juliar [Julia] Ward 3 F born Georgia [b abt 1857]
W N Ward 3mos M born Georgia [b abt Feb 1860]

Julia's name in the actual entry is Juliar. The enumerator has written the dialectic local pronunciation, which commonly adds an ending R to names ending in a vowel (common examples are Ader for Ada & Eller for Ella). The wife in the house just above them is, in fact, also reported as Juliar. This is Julia Elizabeth Ward, who later married John Cullen Jenkins, my grandfather's brother. The Ancestry sloppy transcription has Julian, a male name,

Until May 2016, when the 1860 census was discovered, the first census record I had for Julia Ward Jenkins was 1870, in the Cussetta area of Cass County, renamed for a period as Davis County, Texas.   She is 12 years old here, in her widowed mother's household.

1870 Federal Census, Davis (Cass) County, Texas, 17 August, Justice Precinct 3, PO Cussetta, page 38, Hse/Fam #307
Ward, Bethia Head F W 40 Keeping House $300 Real Estate $100 Personal b South Carolina [b abt 1830]
Ward, William 19 F W Keeping House b Georgia Cannot write [b abt 1851]
Ward, Tokorah 17 F W born Georgia [b abt 1853]
Ward, Charlie 15 M W born Georgia Attended School [b abt 1855]
Ward, Julia F W 12 born Georgia Cannot Read or write [b abt 1858]
Ward, Woodrow 10 M W born Georgia Attended School [b abt 1860]

Texas Marriages, 1851-1900
Julia E Ward
Gender Female
Spouse J C Jenkins
Marriage 2 Sep 1875 Cass County, Texas

In 1880, Julia is married to John Cullen Jenkins, and they are living next door to John's father Joseph Jenkins.

1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 16 June, District 12, Precinct 3, Page 17, House and Family #145
Jenkins, John   W M 30 Farmer Miss SC Miss (born 1850)
Jenkins, Julia W F 22 Wife Keeps House GA GA SC (born 1858)
Jenkins, Ira   W M   1 Son TX Miss Ga

In 1900 Julia is already a widow, John Cullen having died in 1892. The census describes the location as "North of Naples/Douglassville Rd. Via White Sulphur Springs."

1900 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 20 June, Justice Precinct 3, District 22, page 17A, Hse/Fam #285
Jenkins, Julia Head W F Sept 1856 43 Widow Bore 7 children/6 living GA GA SC Farmer Owns Farm Can read and write
Jenkins, Ira Son W M Oct 1878 21 Married 0 years TX GA GA Farm Laborer
Jenkins, Della Dau-in-law W F Sept 1879 20 Married 0 years TX IL TX
Jenkins, Curly Son W M Apr 1884 16 TX GA TX
Jenkins, Elby Son W M Oct 1886 13 TX GA TX
Jenkins, Ethel Dau W F Apr 1888 11 TX GA TX
Jenkins, Clarice Dau W F Mar 1891 9 TX GA TX

In 1910, it appears that Julia is living with her son J Stewart and his wife Irene. But the name is recorded as Jane E, not Julia E.

1910 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 28 April, Justice Precinct 2, Cass, District 31, page 8A, Hse/Fam #132
Jenkins, J Stewart, Head M W 29 Married 3 years TX GA AL Owns Farm
Jenkins, Irene E, Wife M W 22 Married 3 years 2 children/2 living IL IL IL
Jenkins, Floyd Son M W 2 TX TX IL
Jenkins, Noma L Dau F W 2months TX TX IL [born abt Jan-Feb 1910]
Jenkins, Jane E Mother F W 48 Widow 7 children/6 living AL AL AL

There is also a problem with the age of this Jane E, being 48, consistent with early censuses. But in 1900 she is reported as 43 and only 58 in 1930 (when we would expect her to be 68)! But another error in this report seems to confirm that this Jane E is Stewart's mother Julia. Jane E's birth state is reported as Alabama, the same as the birthplace of Stewart's mother. These are consistent, although previously Julia E Ward is reported as having been born in Georgia. Georgia is also the birth place reported on her death certificate.

In 1930 she is living with her son Ebb.

1930 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 8 April, Justice Precinct 3, District 14, page 4A, Naples Bryans Mill Rd, Hse/Fam #77
Jenkins, E E Head Rents M W 44 First married at age 21 TX GA GA Farmer [b abt 1886]
-- page 4B --
Jenkins, Harret [sic] Wife F W 38 First married at age 21 TX TX AL [b abt 1893]
Jenkins, Julia Mother F W 58 Widow GA GA GA [b abt 1872]

Julia died at home on 20 November 1936.

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903 1982
Julia Elizabeth Jenkins
Birth 17 September 1857 Carroll County, Georgia
Residence Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father Ward, birthplace unknown
Mother Fuller, born South Carolina
Informatn Ira Jenkins, Rt 3, Naples, Texas
Widow, Age at Death 79
Death 30 November 1936 Precinct 3, Cass, Texas
Cause of Death Influenza, Rheumatism, Complicating Factor Senility; doctor attended 1 - 30 Nov 1936
Burial 1 December 1936 Cass County by Undertaker M M Roberts, Naples, Texas
Certificate #53342 filed 8 December 1936, filed State 10 December 1936

Gravestone, Dalton Cemetery, Dalton, Cass, Texas
Julia E Jenkins
Sept 17, 1857
Dec 1, 1936

After I visited the Dalton Cemetery, someone prepsared a memorial on Find a Grave for Julia and others buried in the Dalton Cemetery.

Julia E Jenkins
Birth Sep 17, 1857
Death Dec 1, 1936
Spouse John Cullen Jenkins (1850 - 1892)
Son on Find a grave J Stewart Jenkins (1881 - 1918)
Burial Dalton Cemetery, Dalton, Cass County, Texas
Created by Gena Forsyth Jun 10, 2007
-- Find A Grave Memorial #19812692, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19812692

Sources

1. 1870 Federal Census, Davis County, Texas
- 17 August, Justice Precinct 3, PO Cussetta, page 38, Hse/Fam #307
2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
3. Epperson Genealogy
- Name: Jimmy Epperson;
- John W Jenkins, Julia E. Ward, http://epperson.eppygen.org/FamilyTree/F383.htm
4. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 16 June, Precinct 3, District 12, p 17, Hse/Fam #145
5. Cass County Cemeteries Database
- Name: Name: Dwight Jackson; Location: Shreveport, Louisiana; Date: October 2008;;
6. Ancestry Trees
- Cass County Texas - Americas Melting Pot, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=5720081&pid=-1408889290
7. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
8. 1860 Federal Census, Carroll County, Georgia
- 28 June, PO (?) Hill, District 11, page 2, Hse/Fam #11
9. 1910 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 28 April, Justice Precinct 2, Cass, District 31, page 8A, Hse/Fam #132
10. 1930 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 9 April, Justice Precinct 3, District 14, page 4B, Naples Bryans Mill Rd, Hse/Fam #77
11. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973
12. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 16 June, District 12, Precinct 3, Page 17, House and Family #145
13. 1900 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 20 June, Justice Precinct 3, District 22, page 17A, Hse/Fam #285
14. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
15. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
16. Gravestone of Ira L and Laurie L Walls Jenkins, Dalton Cemetery, Dalton, Cass, Texas
17. 1930 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 10 April, Justice Precinct 3, District 14, page 5B, North Douglasville & Naples Rd, Hse/Fam #110
18. 1910 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 28 April, Justice Precinct 2, Disrtict 31, page 7B, Hse/Fam #128
19. 1940 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 13 April, Justice Precinct 3, District 34-15, page 1B, Bryans Mill-Dalton, P W A Road, Hse #159, Owns $500
20. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
21. Holly Creek Cemetery, Holly Creek, McCurtain County, Oklahoma Registry
- Location: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~manningmassey/hollycreek.htm;
22. Ancestry Trees
- Cass County Texas -- America's Melting Pot, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=8508600&pid=-939421358
23. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950
- Volume 13, Certificate #684
24. 1920 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 20 January, Justice Precinct 3, District 3, page 7A, Naples and Cornett Rd, Hse/Fam #123
25. 1930 Federal Census, Ouachita County, Arkansas
- 2 April, Washington Township, District 24 page 1A, Hse #9, Fam #10
26. 1910 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas
- 13 May, Precinct 2, District 12, page 25B, Hse #465, Fam #470
27. Cemeteries of Arkansas
28. 1920 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 20 January, Justice Precinct 3, Enumeration District 3, page 7B, Naples and Dalton Rd, Hse/Fam #124
29. Cass County Cemeteries Database
- Name: Name: Dwight Jackson; Location: Shreveport, Louisiana; Date: October 2008;;
- Dalton Cemetery Volume 6 p 88 entry 249
30. 1930 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 9 April, Justice Precinct 3, District 14, page 4A, Naples Bryans Mill Rd, Hse/Fam #77
31. 1940 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 13 April, Justice Precinct 3, District 34-15, page 1B, Wommack Road, Hse #163, Rents $3
32. Ancestry Trees
- Cass County Texas - Americas Melting Pot, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=5720081&pid=-1408889298
33. 1910 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 28 April, Justice Precinct 2, Enumeration District 31, page 7B, Hse/Fam #127
34. Jenkins Ebb E and Lula E (Harraman) Gravestone, Dalton Cemetery, Dalton, Cass, Texas
35. 1920 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
- 3 January, Justice Precinct 3, District 37, Naples and Douglasville Rd, page 1B, Hse/Fam #17
36. 1910 Federal Census, Hopkins County, Texas
- 21 April, Sulphur Springs, District 57, page 9B, Hse/Fam #186
37. Gravestone of Clarice Jenkins Rea, Antioch Cemetery, Dalton, Cass, Texas
38. 1910 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas
- 22 April, Precinct 1, District 2, page 15B, Hse/Fam #103
39. Jenkins Journal, by Harold Keith Christian
40. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- Memorial #94432026, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94432026
41. Gravestone of J C Jenkins, Dalton Cemetery, Dalton, Cass, Texas